Hate on me hater (aka another post where Tai uses alot of angry!caps.)

[sisterjune]

Sup y'all. It's been a while hasnt it? School kept me away from all of you wonderful people. But not anymore! anyway Let's talk about Tv. I have alot to say about it this evening.

Glee: I am feeling very frustrated with this show lately. When I first started watching this show, there was four things that stuck out to me and made me want to watch

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[sisterjune]

You absolutely should not hate to sound like those people, because I am one of them (I am a big avatar fan but i never blogged about it since at the time it was still airing I didnt really have any avatar buddies nor did I blog much about tv in general) and I think whitewashing is a serious issue and anyone who thinks otherwise I gaurantee you is 1. White and 2. has no idea how privelaged and favored they are in media depictions of any kind, be it film, book covers, comics-the list could go on and on. But you know the thing about privelage is never having to think about it. So of course hearing these fans *gasp* have the audacity to complain that the cultural heritage behind the show is not being honored and asians should be able to star in big budget fantasy flicks too (especially since slumdog millionare was FULL of indians and did very damned well for itself in the box office tyvm) would annoy them, since it's not like they ever had to worry about finding enough white characters to identify with in their favorite media. *fumes*
Sorry I was actually wanting to rant about this a while ago and got distracted with school but anyway, uh back to the topic at hand!

I know why Lea Michelle was cast as rachel because from what I know she has a history with broadway and has had a few starring roles, that alot of the other actors do not have. But actually tina played her understudy in one of the musicals she did actually....which does beg the question WHY hasnt tina gotten a chance to sing? I 'm sure her voice is at least stronger than Quinn's if not as strong as Rachel's.

I dont mind the kid's half of the pregnancy storyline so much actually. If they focused more on the issues the pregnancy would cause for quinn, finn and puck who is the real father but the show seems to not care about this anymore. I would enjoy it MUCH more than the whole terri is gonnas steal the baby and is fooling will thing. It was funny at first but now it'[s just annoying cause there is so much focus on will and his angst and I DO NOT GIVE A FUCK.

Abed <3 He's a darling boy. I LOVED that the "scientist" Duncan was the one to lose his shit in the end and not abed. Served him right, he seemed more like a sadist than a scientist to me, but perhaps the point was that the line between the two is rather thin. Yay more Lie to Me fans! I'm so glad. cause I see myself flailing alot about this show in the future and darn it I have such a Tim Roth fixation now it's not even funny. I totally just went and bought Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead, on a whim from amazon. cause I loved the stoppard play and hadnt seen the film but wen I found out roth was in it (and it had such good reviews!) I was like, "Oh HELLS yes!" and ordered that mofo posthaste. I hope it's as good as the play sounded when I read it. (sadly never got to see a stoppard play, just as well though as it probably would have made my head explode from SHEER AWESOME)

[banana_cave]

I guess I am one of those Avatar people, too, haha. I am white, and in my adult life I have realized that I am privileged. I appreciate casts with people who are best for the role, regardless of race, but there is definitely "whitewashing" that happens.

When I was reading the Glee cast bios, I thought I read that the actress who played Tina was in Les Mis as Epiponine (?). So you know she can sing! So why hasn't she yet? Why haven't more of the Glee club members been featured? You brought up a good point that even tho Kurt got his own episode, he hasn't been featured in a song yet.

Roth was in a movie version of Rosencrantz & Guildernstern? That's awesome! I've never read it, either, but I love Hamlet. I'll have to check it out.